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Area Sales Manager

Cavendish Maine Recruitment
Posted 12 hours ago, valid for 24 days
Location

Invergordon, Highland IV180LT, Scotland

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The company is seeking an Area Sales Manager to oversee Scotland and parts of Northern England, focusing on independent retailers, builders merchants, wholesalers, and garden centres.
  • Candidates should have experience in sales within these sectors, with a background in DIY or building products being advantageous.
  • The role requires the ability to set and achieve turnover and profit targets, maintain KPI’s, and develop strong customer relationships.
  • The salary for this position ranges from £30,000 to £34,000, with an additional 15% bonus, a car, and other benefits included.
  • Applicants should be prepared to travel and spend nights away as needed, demonstrating proficiency in IT, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Looking for an Area Sales Manager to cover Scotland touching into Northern England looking after a mix of customers across independent retailers, builders merchants, wholesalers and garden centres.

You will have the following duties:

  • To achieve turnover and profit targets
  • To achieve set KPI’s within the sector in line with company objectives
  • To use all systems and data available to carefully identify customer requirements and sales strategy, and to plan all call carefully and methodically
  • Record all meetings into the systems provided and work with the National Sales Manager to grow business
  • To build strong professional relationships with team members
  • To develop a high level understanding of the independent sector
  • To display a willingness to learn and immerse themselves into the DIY category
  • To take a positive approach to difficult situations without getting flustered
  • To communicate effectively at all levels (Internally & Externally)
  • To be creative in their thinking and deliver results

About the Company:

With a proud history, a focus on innovative products and close collaboration with our end-users, my client look forward to giving the right candidate an exciting role on the sales team. They are a positive team working together to achieve their goals, and are looking for someone who is motivated by learning and success to help manage and develop the area. As a company, my client focus on making it easier for their customers and end-users to overcome their challenges within their category.

Key Skills/Experience Required:

For this Area Sales Manager position you will have experience selling into independent retailers, builders merchants or wholesale customers. A background in DIY/Building Products/ Decorative would be advantageous but full product training will be provided. You will be able to diary plan to cover the large territory and be able to spend nights away when visiting the furthest areas of the allocated territory. You will be driven and keen to develop the area building on a successful patch and developing new and existing customer relationships. Proficient IT capabilities in particular with Excel and PowerPoint.

Salary/Benefits Information:

£30,000 - £34,000 + 15% bonus + car + benefits

Contact: Rebecca Isaac

Reference: RI/86756

Candidate care:

By responding to this advert you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies. If you do not want us to do this please call us to advise.

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.